HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-09-13 Park Board MinutesSPECIAL PARK BOARD MEETING
SEPTEMBER 13, 1979
EDINA CITY HALL
7:00 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Virginia Shaw, Chairperson, Joan Lonsbury, Les Wanninger, Art Erdahl,
George Warner
STAFF PRESENT: Bob Kojetin, Rick Jacobson, Beckie Smith
DISCUSSION OF AWARDING OF BIDS FOR WEBER PARK
Mr. Kojetin mentioned that the bids for Weber Park were $35,000, $38,000, and $50,000.
The bid that was accepted was the $35,000 bid from Dean Construction. Community Develop-
ment Funds which came from the sale of Morningside School will pay for the improvements
of the shelter building at Weber. Mr. Kojetin felt that the bid of $35,000 was a very
good bid. Construction will begin immediately on installing handicapped rest rooms,
replacing doors, repainting of the building and reroofing the entire building. A good
portion of the construction is expected to be done by the skating season.
DISCUSSION OF JOINT BIDS FOR ARENA AND POOL
Mr. Kojetin said that the lowest bid that came in was for $145,000. He expressed that
this figure was a lot higher than had been anticipated, quite a bit higher. The areas
in the arena that were included in the bid were a new ceiling, new front entrance at
Pavilion, ceramic tiling in the lower bathrooms of main area, and Pavilion bathrooms.
The Pool Bathhouse improvements are handicapped bathroom facilities, a new traffic
pattern with office, guard room & first aid room, and a center aisle entrance into pool
area. Mr. Kojetin suggested that we rebid the arena and pool separating each item
to be bid on individually. Mr. Kojetin would like to be able to have the bids come in
with alternate bids in addition to a base bid making it easier to determine the
individual cost per item. Mr. Kojetin mentioned that we might be able to get some
funds from Community Development which could be up to $10,000 to $15,000 for the
handicapped bathrooms. A discussion followed which analyzed what type of budget we had
for 1979 and what has already been spent. Mr. Kojetin metioned that there could be
a possibility of $200,000 - $250,000 for 1981 in Capital Improvements but we would
not be able to plan on using any of this until 1981. George Warner suggested coming
up with a list of Capital Improvements that are a must and the ones that are desirables.
We would then present this list to the Council and let them decide which is maintenance
improvements and which ones are improvements due for safety reasons. Mr. Kojetrn
mentioned that $18,000 of the $25,000 for Capital Improvements for the arena had already
been spent. After some discussion the following itemg for the arena were decided
upon as most important: skate tile, and the lobby ceiling for energy efficiency to
complete the project from last year. For the pool the items that were a must were:
a new roof and the concession stand screens. Under desirables it was decided that
the restrooms in both the arena and the pool could possibly wait until the following
year. The center aisle plan for the pool was also considered a desirable. An
estimate of the costswere included in this list. This list would be presented to
the Council in the near future. Mr. Kojetin then brought up the fact that it was
important to get the street lights at Braemar Arena fixed, but this is not included
in the budget. He said that they will be fixed and will be studied next year as to
replacement of the lighting system.
Meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m.